Though ________ to see us, the professor gave us a warm welcome,
A.surprise |
B.was surprised |
C.surprised |
D.being surprised |
________ at my classmates' faces, 1 read the same excitement in their eyes.
A.Looking |
B.Look |
C.To look |
D.Looked |
________ from the top of the tower, the south foot of the mountain is a sea of trees.
A.Seen |
B.Seeing |
C.Have seen |
D.To see |
The experiment shows that proper amounts of exercise, if ________ regularly, can improve our health.
A.being carried out |
B.carrying out |
C.carried out |
D.to carry out |
The two sportsmen congratulated each other ________ winning the match by shaking hands.
What disappointed us was that the player should ________ the game.
A.give off |
B.give out |
C.give up |
D.give in |
He practises speaking English ________ cafter work and he is sure to succeed ________ .
A.all the time; on time |
B.at a time; in time |
C.all the time; in time |
D.on time; all the time |
—Jack hurt his leg yesterday.
—What ________ does it make? We can win the coming football match without him.
A.contribution |
B.promise |
C.difference |
D.refresh |
I have a lot of books, half of __________ novels.
A.which |
B.that |
C.whom |
D.them |
John's success has nothing to do with good luck. It is his hard work __________ has made him what he is today.
A.why |
B.when |
C.which |
D.that |
A lot of tall buildings __________ in Shanghai in the past three years.
A.have set up |
B.have been set up |
C.set up |
D.were being set up |
As its name indicates, the “American Host Family” program gets American families __________in foreign students' lives in America and offers homes for them.
A.to involve |
B.involving |
C.involved |
D.having involved |
By the time he was twelve, Edison __________ to make a living by himself.
A.would begin |
B.has begun |
C.had begun |
D.was begun |
Leonardo da "Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a at the time, but the church painting was not going well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman's second wife. This is the woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa.
All all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci's work. Da Vinci used and light in a clever way in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and A person can see right away that there is a lot of geometry(几何图形)in the Mona Lisa. The face of Mona Lisa is made of many and round shapes like balls. Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony (阳台),and mountains can be seen her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, so these can be seen over and over in his paintings. The woman is sitting by her knees to the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are held together in front of her. This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or a woman today.
A.school B.family C.restaurant D.church
A.at B.for C.after D.in
A.darkness B.lamps C.water D.colour
A.physics B.chemistry C.biology D.maths
A.circles B.squares C.lines D.triangle(三角形)
A.before B.behind C.beyond D.between
A.another B.others C.other D.the other
On March 8,a big spelling mistake was made at the Selma Unified School District's Spelling Bee (拼字比赛),in Selma, California. The mistake was made not by one of the competitors, but by the judges. Even though 12-year-old Sierra Shoemaker spelled her final word correctly, she was disqualified (淘汰)because the judges thought she had it wrong. "I didn't want to say anything because if the word master tells you you've got a wrong word, you don't really argue with him, "Sierra told local California news station KMPH.
The word Sierra was told to spell was "braille", referring to the written Language for people unable to see. Sierra spelled it out correctly, but the judges' master sheet had the word written down as "b-r-a-i-l-e", with one '1' missing. The audience immediately recognized the judges' mistake. So did Sierra. “I looked around at the audience, half of them were looking at each other, complaining quietly, "said Sierra, speaking to KMPH. She went home with a second place prize, but was frustrated, realizing that perhaps she could have won first place prize.
Determined to move on to the next level* Sierra appealed her disqualification. At first, the county rejected her appeal. Fortunately, the school community got behind her. Her school supported the appeal and won. Sierra will now advance to the Fresno County Spelling Bee. If she wins Fresno, she will then go on to represent her county in the California State Spelling Championships.
Beyond each state’s spelling bee is the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Winners from state championships move on to compete against each other, as well as against students from countries outside the United States. With her spirit of determination, we believe we will see Sierra on the stage of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
At the Selma Unified School District's Spelling Bee, Sierra ________ .
A.was disqualified |
B.made a big mistake |
C.argued with the judges |
D.had her final word wrong |
Why did some of the audience look at each other according to Paragraph 2?
A.They felt sorry for Sierra's mistake. |
B.They wanted to know how to spell the word. |
C.They wanted to make friends with each other. |
D.They thought that the judges had made a mistake. |
Sierra will advance to the Fresno County Spelling Bee because ________ .
A.the county accepted the appeal finally |
B.she asked the news station KMPH for help |
C.she was given the first place prize after her appeal |
D.the audience forced the judges into changing their decision |
Which of the following shows the author's attitude towards Sierra?
A.She is tolerant. |
B.She is hard-working. |
C.She is open-minded. |
D.She is strong-minded. |